Lots of psych classes in a semester?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>I'm a freshman looking for classes for next semester. I just declared a psych major, and I'm definitely taking either social or cognitive psychology next semester (if I can get in) and hopefully an elective class that goes along with research I might be doing.</p>

<p>I'm looking at the times I have open for my ideal schedule, and child development fits perfectly in there. Of course I know my schedule probably work out well because I'm a freshman, but I was just wondering if taking 3 psych classes in a semester is too much. Are they very work intensive? The other classes I'm planning on are Poli 100H, Span 203, and an LFIT, so those shouldn't be bad.</p>

<p>I am looking for random electives, but for the times that I would like to have classes, there aren't really any that look interesting to me.</p>

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<p>All the 200 levels are relatively easy. </p>

<p>Abnormal/Clinical, Cognitive/Learning, Bio/Neuroscience are harder.
Social, Developmental are easier. </p>

<p>Some valuable skills to have as a researcher (if that’s what you want) I suggest taking a few stat/analytic courses like GIS Mapping in the Geography Department, Applied Stats in the Psych Department, any data processing, survey methodology in the Sociology department etc.</p>

<p>You might want to take PSYCH 210 and 270 first though. 210 (Stats) isn’t that hard and neither is 270 (Methods) but it’s harder to make an A than the psych content courses like developmental/bio/social etc.</p>